SS Leviathan (or Vaterland I guess?)
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2023
- The SS Vaterland was an imperial German superliner, the second in the Imperator Class. She was seized by the US Shipping Board during WW1, and suddenly America had like a really big merchant ship for the first time. I am an idiot with a microphone, not an expert, so take my content with a grain of salt and just have some fun. Thanks for all the support!
Thanks again to Maritime Merchant!
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why must you deprive us of content, this is absolutely hilarious
6 months later.....
nine months later 😭
10 months later
11 months later /:
The Vaterland’s story is fascinating. A ship that seemed to have everything go wrong at the worst possible times every time.
Where'd you go? Please come back, I miss you ;(
Some of y'all didn't watch to the end and it shows...
I watched to the end AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES SIR
Could you do MV brittanic? Or empress of Britain?
Sir are you dead?
@@cheezit0-0
Hope hes doing well.
@@SRW_ yeah me too..
I legit love the humor mixed with knowledge on this channel. I'm always excited when a new upload shows up in my subs list.
Another great video on a ship with fascinating history, portrayed in a funny and informative way at the same time! Great job!
Bro forgot his channel
I recently learned my great-grandfather was one of those few who managed to immigrate on the Leviathan in 1924, just a few months after she started her civilian career.
3rd class, of course. I wish there were more pics of that part of the ship
Have you thought about doing a video on Wilhelm Gustloff? The ship, not the person, obviously. Her life was short, but eventful, and the story of her sinking is not well known, but considered the worst maritime disaster
Fact: the man who played John Jacob Astor in James Cameron's "Clickbait" was a survivor of the Wilhelm Gustloff. He was only 4 at the time, and miraculously everyone of his family members made it off alive as well.
In the scene of the movie when Astor dies in the Grand Staircase scene, it was real fear on his face, not acting fear. He said it was "the scariest moment of my acting career".
That was pretty well done. There's a bit more to the story, like the fact that the man who was president of Hamburg-America Line and commissioned these liners killed himself during WWI, or that the man who put together the plans to refurbish the Leviathan went on to design the fastest ocean liner to enter service.
Even though Leviathan ultimately proved to be a financial failure, she did still attract a loyal passenger following.
1927 was her best year carrying a total of 40,537 passengers that year, and carrying a record 2,741 passengers on one eastbound crossing in September.
Isn't 1927 also the year the US allowed alcohol on board ships specifically again? I could be wrong but I wonder if that was a factor.
Perfect time, literally working on Leviathan for my next ship lmao.
Amazing video as always! I have always wanted to learn more about this ship!
My kind of channel. Informative yet hilarious. It's as if UrinatingTree decided to talk about boats.
I have a two framed photographs of the leviathan, both dated 1918. I haven’t been able to find them anywhere on the internet which leads me to believe they’re one of a kind. I’ve always wondered where they came from.
ooooooohh goodie goodie goodie, let me see
This is honestly the oversimplified of ships both funny and with knowledge
God I miss Oversimplified. WHY HATH HE FORSAKEN US??
Fantastic video, please keep them coming!
you need to upload more i love these videos so much lol
Thanks Again! I always love videos it's kind of wild hearing about a German cruise liner winding in US Navy hands.
Nautical study is back woo!
Your videos feel like a blend of every shopping history Channel mixed with memes and i love It.
Great video.
Also as a side note, it’s really interesting how great the human mind can be about visualizing a face to a voice. You look exactly as I pictured.
i just discovered your channel and i love your videos so much! i would be so happy if you would make a video about the empress of ireland one day, it is my favorite ship.
When you post I smile
Great video as always
Only you could make me laugh of such miserable day! BTW, although there are far uglier ships, I just can’t get past that really high superstructure. No wonder why that class wasn’t very stable.
Thank god your back 🎉
Funny as ever.
Pause game has to be on point though - took me 36 mins to watch an 18minute video just trying to catch the millisecond comments/info/funnies.
Top job though, as always
i appreciate how to can make any topic mean funny and interesting no matter how boring it is! if there was a class about ocean liners, your videos would be shown as part of it because then the students will actually pay attention.
forgot this guy was alive
💀
Glad you mentioned ystrtoys I grew up with only models of the titanic avalible but now it seems like you can get a 3D printed model of just about any ship.
Super job on this old girl. You made me laugh so many times. Plese do more.
this dudes video just keep getting better bro this guy got me clapping like im playing pattycake
He's Back!!!!
Congrats on the sponsor!
IM SORRY DID HE JUST DO A FACE REVEAL.
That’s what I was thinking?
Albert Ballin has a sterling reputation as a naval architect. But a couple of things stand out that make me wonder where his common sense was in the simple matter of design. The Imperator was top heavy. I cannot understand how such a simple factor as how much the damn thing weights above the waterline wasn't address DURING planning and construction. The second is the split funnel design, wh. afford First Class passengers an unobstructed view aft of the social halls on 'A' Deck. That design wreaked havoc w/the Majestic, hoving (?) a vertical paper cut just forward of the superstructure during a bad storm. The one improvement Ballin provided for Third Class was single berth rooms.
Well done sir!
I love your videos... 😊
Fun fact, Both the SS Bismarck and KMS Bismarck existed at the same time (SS Bismarck was 1 of Imprators sister)
Looking Good Brother! 👍🙂..
Ok, I will confess that at first I thought "Oh, shee-yit, this dude's just going to be all wacky and zany and make a joke out of everything! Gaaak!"
But then...
I noticed that you've done your research and know your stuff, and it's evident that you really love the old mailboats. And, yes, you made me laugh, multiple times even. Not something everyone can do. So, good show, I have to say! I'm interested in seeing more of your work.
Fair winds and following seas.☸️
your humor is actually way too good
Leviathan's success with the United States Lines was hindered by Prohibition forcing her to run as a "dry ship". The Immigration Act of 1924 also did not help matters.
Despite these adversities, Leviathan still managed to gain an impressive following. In 1926 for example, Leviathan had an average of 1,300 passengers per voyage, making her the second most popular liner on the transatlantic route that year.
And in 1927, Leviathan was the most popular ship on the transatlantic route, carrying 40,537 passengers over 28 crossings, averaging 1,448 per crossing.
The Great Depression became the final nail in the coffin. At one point, Leviathan was losing over $75,000 for every round trip.
It's a damn shame too, because Leviathan was a really beautiful ship, and she had a loyal passenger following despite all the adversity.
You're back!!!!!
You're still my #1 model company, don't worry :)
Ahhh... Vaterland, the perfect ship with terrible timing.
The exterior looks a little too clean for my taste of liners, but the inside is definitely a palace.
Sweet a new video
Ship daddy is back!!
When he's cute and he does a video about my favorite class of ships. I literally have a shirt with the SS imperator on it
The Vaterland was a beautiful vessel, what's most unfortunate is the fact she was completed in 1913 and only had like a year of service before basically being left to rot in New Jersey of all places, This liner has so much potential to be the Star of The German merchant fleet
These videos are so funny 😂
13:58 I was shocked but then I remembered this was the same country where a plague broke out at the exact same time
Nautical Study, you my boat-daddy.
You have no say in this decision. Kisses!
4:00 best your mom joke ever.
Leviathan was the top liner in 1927 with over 40,000 , carried over 2,000 passengers 26x on one way crossings, and carried the most passenger in the interwar years at 2,717, not bad
this dude is actually so funny lmao
Lol @ rapper Ice Cube being in front of the titanic
Do you think you could possibly do a video on the Athenic? It would be very much appreciated!
My great grandfathers second ship in the usl fleet he served for as a he worked for usl between 1928-1970 he retired after a long career
Can u make a video about the rms elizabeth Queen mary sister
Didn't the original plans only include the lifeboats on the forward boat deck with the tucked in boats being a design change after the RMS Clickbait did it's thing?
9 Months since last upload! I could have made a kid in that time instead i am sitting her waiting for you to upload👦
So what about Majestic?
Miss your vids! 😢
Hey Nautical, could you please make a video about the Empress Of Ireland or Empress Of Britain? (Your choice) I'd really appreciate it also I, love your videos please keep making more
I feel bad for the Vaterland I mean it was such a beautiful ship with a huge potential, but the americans and the war just ruined the ship
guess you could say the germans ruined it for the americans to come and ruin it even more
Not unlike the even more beautiful (and sexually attractive) SS Normandie.
@@user-lv7ph7hs7l yeah
Please do a similar video of the aquitaina
Everything you say about Germany in this video I 100% agree with
I wonder what your favourite album by The Doors might be 🤔
Bro's channel got laid up waiting to be scrapped💀
Kings Pointer?
Hey can you do something on germanic and britannic 1 they have graet history
3:46 A little over 43,000 tons?? Boy: she was more like a little over 46,000 tons. Sheesh, how'd you mess that up?
12:30 *WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SONIC MOVIE YET?? NONE OF THEM???*
14:15 A dragon, actually.
Also, the Imperator class ships were referred to in the masculine. Seriously: "Imperator" - German for "Emperor." A female would be referred to as "Empress." "Vaterland" - German for "Fatherland." Not "Motherland." And Bismarck.
I think that just refers to Otto von Bismarck, which if I'm right, well, he was obviously a guy. This is just me crapping on certain maritime traditions that I find stupid: don't mind me.
Ok, that little stuff out of the way, HELL YES: you did my favorite German ship! :D
I absolutely love the Vaterland. The last project I did in high school before graduating was a slideshow documenting the life of good ol' Willy Francis Gibbs. One section of it was dedicated to Vaterland, and as I did my research, I learned a ton about this guy. Had a lot going for him, but as soon as England and Germany decided to start brawling, everything went down the gutter. Also, the Imperator class ships had some of the most gorgeous interiors ever built. Everybody talks about the Normandie, but it really feels like these guys get slept on sometimes. For instance, the only ship in history that had a pool anywhere near as good as theirs was the Queen Mary.
I know Maritime Merchants on Reddit. Great guy, really smart, and he's got the same knack for accuracy as I do. Been following his model kit project since it was first announced, and I'll definitely be picking it up from Yestr Toys (whom I also know) as soon as possible. Great to have you back!! I was rolling for most of this video.
If Don Rickles ran a maritime history UA-cam channel.
P.S. That was a compliment.
ARE YOU ALIVE?!?! IM ACTUALLY CONCERNED, ITS BEEN 10 MONTHS
The first real Hapag ship that you showed was the Limperator...with it's well-known list due to her engineer's lack of knowledge of metacentric height. Hapag used the ship's eagle figurehead to claim that she was longer than the Aquitania, but the figurehead was disfigured in a crazy wave and it was eventually completely done away with, but the Germans never corrected her length, so she was always known as the World's Largest Ship. She was still beautifully designed, along with her sisters, but they were all awarded to other countries as war reparations. They proudly served until just before WWII for their respective countries. The Vaterland served for the United States Line as the SS Leviathan (which was claimed to be the World's Largest Ship).
Odd thing is, they didn't even need the eagle to still be longer. Aquitania was 901ft, and without the eagle, Imperator was still 909ft. Aquitania's length seemed to confuse them for a while because I believe it's also cited as why Majestic was 956ft as opposed to Vaterland's 950ft, and it was called by those working on it the most expensive 6ft they've had to do.
@@Mr_Oceangoer Yup. Imperator was longer than Aquitania even without the eagle. However Cunard announced the Aquitania will be 1 foot longer before her launch so the Germans got nervous and put that eagle up, even though it wasn't necessary in the end.
16:48 Colorado class detected
Good eye, sniper! I can't be sure but a gut feeling tells me that might be Maryland
@@cleverusername9369 ah idk why but it’s always the blasted Maryland lol
Except for the times it’s WeeVee
7:32 are those Chinese or Russian hammer and sickles ?
Has bro passed away? Has bro absolutely passed on to the next life?
Do you accept fanmail? I have a post card you would love
16:49 wow makes a dreadnought look small
The Imperetor didn't just have a rolling problem; she was top heavy. Her designers and builders thought it a good idea to use lots and lots of heavy material - including MARBLE - in her superstructure. This resulting in her listing to one side or another depending on which direction her helm was turned. This resulted in the whole "Limperator" nickname that she was saddled with. When she was handed over to Cunard (to replace Lusitania) after the war, she was immediately packed off to the shipyard, and much of that heavy marble was ripped out and replaced with lighter materials. This permanently fixed her listing issues.
Strangely enough, she was also a he during her time with her original owners. The Kaiser decreed that such a magnificent ship couldn't possibly be a female and ordered that male pronouns be used. When Cunard got a hold of her, that ceased. (The same call would be made about the warship Bismarck years later.)
As for dear Vaterland, she was the only one out of her sisters to not suffer any fires. Imperator/Berengeria and Bismarck/Majestic were plagued by electrical fires throughout their lives. Majestic was finally destroyed by a fire in 1939, which resulted in her being sent to the scrapyard. Berengeria suffered from fires here and there, and after her sister was gutted, Cunard decided it wasn't worth the risk, but that replacing her wiring wasn't worth the expense, and they sold her to a scrapyard. When the Americans decided to keep Vaterland as a passenger ship, she was sent off to a shipyard, where her entire wiring system was ripped out and remade completely by American electricians. This saved her from sharing her sisters' fate.
10:22 EXCUSE ME YOU DID NOT JUST PUT THAT THERE
oh my days nautical study posted
0:27 now that makes me so fucking pissed.
I agree
pliz come back :(
7:29 5.97 metres for the majority of the world population
Probably 6m with the error in the redneck approximations back conversation into widths of a dogs arse. It is also 0.03 furlongs in the only officially approved traditional convention for modern use the furlong/firkin/fortnight system
I have two questions. 1. Do you still read all your comments?
2. when/will you return?
Also I don’t expect a response because no one responds to my comments.
@@originals6270 I do read my comments! The only problem is I work in the merchant marine so I have so little free time to make videos. I want to and I intend to eventually, timing has just been so poor.
if you dropped your pointy german helmet on your shoeless foot youre gonna have a bad time
This man neeeeeeeeeeeeeeds a discord!
30 seconds in, and he already roasted my entire country and ignited the Northern Irish ethnicity debate.
Imma need a minute to calm down after this
3:00 Omg, and he's trying to divide the English and the Scottish
I'm developing PTSD right now
3:45 Titanic had a gross tonnage little over 46k, not 43k. Cool video and topic, underappreciated by anglophones.
did this guy fall off the face of the earth
The us navy taking whats supposed to be the grandest ship and making it into a us troop ship is so hilarious. Its the equivalent of leaving dog shit on a door and lighting it on fire
Egg review video?
4:17 What? I thought it looked cool af.
Please do yamato
Yes, Vaterland is the original name.
Leviathan never got a fair chance at success
3:01 You did say Britain though, and Scotland is very much part of Great Britain, so I do think we get to claim those points there
From experience Scotish people don't like it when we say they're part of Great Britain
*sweats cuz he hasn't posted in 9 months*